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 Concordia. Winterim classes, on the whole, tend to be more interesting than those offered in other semesters and each year Concordia’s various department heads scheme and plot on how to outdo one another by offering the most interesting class. Some Winterim classes even involve traveling. For instance, last Winterim, a Concordia astronomy class took a trip to the moon (see The Shadow First Edition). This year, the most talked about class being offered is Geology 504: Journey to the Center of the Earth. “No, the name’s not just a gimmick,” said Professor of Geology Svarne Arknussen, who is originally from Iceland, “whatever brave souls sign up for my class will accompany me to the epicenter of our planet.” Arknussen shrugged off criticism that the class is really just an excuse to test out his controversial hollow-earth theory which denies that the earth is filled with burning molten lava. “I’m not trying to prove anything. I just want to teach students about the minerals and rocks beneath the earth. This is the best way to do it…we will enter a volcano in Iceland and journey to the center of the earth, stopping to examine all of the wonderful rock formations along the way.” Sean Jones, Concordia Professor of Archaeology, says he is suspicious of Arknussen’s motives. “He knows that no one can go to the center of the earth,” Jones said. “What he’s really after is the lost treasure of Hveimdajibba the Viking, which is buried several miles beneath a volcano in Iceland.” Added Jones, “But he won’t get it. Not if I can get there first with my Winterim class: Archaelogy of Iceland.” Students say they don’t care what the motives for the classes are, they simply want to learn. “Treasure or no treasure, there’s a lot to be learned about in any Winterim class that takes you outside the school,” said Geology major Gus Markens. “Another thing: when our class finds the treasure first, we will use it to pay off our tuition. I doubt if the Archaeology students will be able to beat us, since we are arriving in Iceland first and we know how to cause avalanches and cave-ins in entranceways.” “Yeah, yeah,” said Archaeology major Jill Keeyne, “but you geology majors don’t know how to disarm the cursed traps. We’ll probably find your entire class headless in the treasure room. This will be a Winterim to remember.”
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